Improvement in brackets for curtain-fixtures



J. CHASE & H. N. HEMING WA'Y'.

BRACKETS FOR CURTAIN-FIXTURES} No.179,681. Patented J' u1y11,1876'.

N-PEI'ERS. PHOTO-LITHQGRAFHER. WASHINGTON. D, C.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

JAMES CHASE AND HENRY N. HEMINGWAY, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT lN BRACKETS FOR CURTAIN-FIXTURES.

specification t'orming part of Letters Patent No. 179,681, dated July11, 1676; application filed A ril 8, 1876.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, JAMES CHASE and HENRY N.HEMINGWAY, both of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of NewYork, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curtain-FixtureBrackets; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear,and enact description thereof, reference being bad to the accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is aside elevation of our improved bracket. Fig. 2 is a' front sectionalview of the same. Fig. 3 is an obverse view of Fig. 2.

In order to economize in the production of this class ofcurtain-fixtures, it has been the practice for several years past toform the brackets with an open slot forthe reception of the screw ornail, by which they are secured to the casing. This slot has proved veryinefficient in holding the brackets properly in place. The object ofthis invention is to produce the brackets just as cheaply with the holeas they have heretofore been with the slot. It consists in forming thefoot of the bracket with an offset on its face side, around one side ofthe hole, the other side of the hole being formed by the foot-plateitself.

The hole a constitutes the axial bearing for the spool and ratchet, thelatter being indicated by the dotted lines (3, Fig. 1. The

axial pin 61 for the pawl-lever and the footplate f must necessarily beparallel to each other, and at right angles to the body B of thebracket. This renders it impracticable to provide the ordinaryfoot-platef with a screwhole, 0, without drilling it, which is tooexpensive to be employed in this class of fixtures.

1 provide this desideratum in the following manner: The foot-plate f iscut away from where it intersects with the legs of the body B, centrallyto the hole 0, as shown in Fig. 5, and the raised offset 7', upon whichthe guard g is formed, is placed upon the face side of the foot. Thus itwill be seen that one-half of the screw-hole c is formed in thefoot-plate], and coping or opening toward the legs of the body B, andthe other half in the offset 1", and opcning in the opposite direction,whereby the bracket may be produced just as cheaply as when made with aslot.

What we claim as our invention is- A curtain-fixture bracket, having itsfootplate f provided with an offset 4, whereby the bracket may be formedwith a screw-hole, 0, without drilling, substantially in the manner andfor the purposes set forth.

- J. CHASE.

H. N. HEMINGWAY.

Witnesses:

WM. 6. LOUGHBOROUGH, B. (J. WILLIAMS.

